ENG vs WI T20 World Cup 2024 Highlights: England have defeated West Indies by eight wickets chasing down 181 runs comfortably with more than two overs to spare. Salt and Bairstow were the main reason for England's win in this crucial encounter.

The only multiple champions in the T20 World Cup history, England and the West Indies will be up against each other in what could probably be the biggest clash of the tournament so far. The defending champions England have come into their own in the last two games while West Indies are in form.

England got the first job done, rather quickly as they beat Oman in a match that lasted less than 17 overs in Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday, June 13. Adil Rashid starred with the figures of 4/11 as England skittled out Oman for a paltry 47, the fourth lowest team score in T20 World Cup.

Jos Buttler led from the front and batted with a lot of flair to make light work of Oman's target in the 28th match of the game. England have given themselves a reason to believe that they can still make it to the Super Eight stage.

Suryakumar Yadav is going into the Men's T20 World Cup 2024 tournament as the No. 1 ranked batter in the ICC Men's T20I batting rankings. Suryakumar has aggregated 861 rating points and has a considerable lead over Phil Salt who is second on the list.

England will take on Pakistan in the third T20I of the four-match series as the visitors look to stay alive. England will be without their regular skipper Jos Buttler and hence an opportunity for Pakistan to level the series and take it to the decider at the Oval on Thursday.

England are currently leading the four-match T20I series against Pakistan but will miss their captain Jos Buttler at least in the third T20I. Moeen Ali will lead England in his absence even as all eyes will be on Buttler as team is set to travel for the T20 World Cup on Friday.

"ECB have missed the trick by sending all their players home. Will Jacks, Phil Salt, Jos Buttler in particular, playing in the IPL in the Eliminations pressure, crowd expectation, I would argue that playing here (IPL) is better preparation than playing a T20 game against Pakistan," Vaughan said.

Jofra Archer made his return to the England dressing room and to international cricket after spending more than one year on the sidelines with injury concerns. Archer dismissed Azam Khan and Imad Wasim during his four-over spell and finished with figures of 2/28.

ENG vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: The defending T20 World Champions will kick off their final preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with a four-match T20I series against Pakistan at home. The returning pacer Jofra Archer is set to play his first competitive match since May 2023.

England will take on Pakistan to fine-tune their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in a four-match T20 series. While England players have come together for a T20 assignment after a long time, Pakistan have comparatively been playing a lot of T20 cricket in the last couple of months.

As many as eight England players left the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) during the last week of league stage to be available for international duty for the T20I series against Pakistan. Amidst criticism for the same, Buttler has reacted.

After two months full of IPL action, the focus is slowly shifting to international cricket with T20 World Cup on the horizon. England and Pakistan will face each other in the first T20I of four-match series starting from May 22 and the captains of both teams are chasing personal milestones.

England have had the wood over Pakistan in the shortest format of the sport. The Three Lions have won 19 out of the 29 T20Is that they have played against Pakistan. On the other hand, Pakistan have won nine fixtures. One game couldn't yield a result.

England and Pakistan will be involved in the last set of T20 Internationals before the World Cup that is set to commence on June 1. Both sides won't be playing any warm-up matches in the lead up to the mega event and for the same reason, these four matches will be crucial for them.

Jofra Archer last played for the Three Lions against Bangladesh on March 14, 2023, in a T20I fixture at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. He was then sidelined with an elbow injury.

Rajasthan Royals are yet to win a game in May and from looking like topping the table comfortably at one point, will now play the eliminator after finishing third in IPL 2024. The Royals have lost four matches in a row and their final league stage game was washed out and hence, they lack momentum.

Punjab Kings won their penultimate game of IPL 2024 against RR with the skipper Sam Curran standing up with both bat and ball. However, both he and Jonny Bairstow will leave for national duty now. Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Phil Salt and skipper Jos Buttler have already left.

IPL 2024 RR vs PBKS: Captain Sanju Samson won the crucial toss as Rajasthan Royals elected to bat first against Punjab Kings in the crucial game at Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Jos Buttler missed out on Rajasthan's playing eleven in a major expected change.

Rajasthan Royals have hit an unexpected snag amid a sensationally consistent campaign in the 2024 edition of the IPL losing three successive games. Although their qualification chances are intact, their problems have only multiplied with their star opener Jos Buttler leaving for international duty.